Dallas Texas Resistance Rock!
From the Pit Stop Ploughshares
Tuesday June 15th
Halliburton(s)
"Anti-Bush Tour '04"
with special Dublin guests: White Cholera
Tuesday June 15th
doors 8 pm Whelan's
Wexford St., Dublin
01 478 0766 Tickets : € 12
While most bands try for a record deal, this band of resistance rockers from Dallas Texas is trying for a new leader of the Free World.
Calling themselves Halliburton(s), front man Nathan Berg says the band's name is a theft meant to dis-honor the profound thievery of Texas energy giant Halliburton Corp., formerly run by Bush-agenda architect and Vice President of the U.S., Dick Cheney. Berg is former jazz bassist with Maynard Ferguson and John Scofield, enfant–terrible of the American economics scene, and champion of protest rock, a neglected but potent outlet for outing the bad intentions of Bush's band of neocons and their vision of a new world disorder.
The band's ‘Lick Bush in '04' tour comes to Ireland in June to coincide with the visit of President Bush. The Halliburton(s) implore listeners to ‘throw that Bush crew out the back door!'.
A blend of critique and beat: with lyrics on Iraq, corporate sleaze, tax cuts, health care, joblessness and corruption, Halliburton(s) songs combine edgy grooves with a provocative brand of patriotism that doesn't hesitate to confront real world problems. Halliburton(s) music celebrates liberty by questioning the rules that shape the lives of contemporary Americans.
The band has gained major recognition in their hometown of Dallas Texas – despite it being the heartland of Bush Neo Conservatism. They represent a new, almost still young, edgy and articulate face of political protest music.
Halliburton(s) are part of a current political movement in the U.S. which sees Democrats, artists, musicians, and other left leaning groups pooling their energies in an aggressive media push to promote sensible priorities for America ahead of the upcoming 2004 presidential election.
Halliburton(s) features Nathan Berg (guitar, vocals), Jaimie Carswell (bass), Phara Charmchi (vocals), George Urich (drums) Tuesday June 15th : doors 8 pm Whelan's : Wexford St., Dublin : 01 478 0766 Tickets : € 12 (all profits to be donated to John Kerry election campaign)